John Wildman

Summary

Affiliation: University of Newcastle
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Income related inequalities in mental health in Great Britain: analysing the causes of health inequality over time
    John Wildman
    Economics, The Ridley Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
    J Health Econ 22:295-312. 2003
  2. ncbi Modelling health, income and income inequality: the impact of income inequality on health and health inequality
    John Wildman
    Economics, The Ridley Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
    J Health Econ 22:521-38. 2003
  3. ncbi Blood donation and the nature of altruism
    John Wildman
    Economics, Newcastle University, Ridley Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
    J Health Econ 28:492-503. 2009
  4. ncbi Income, income inequality and health: what can we learn from aggregate data?
    Hugh Gravelle
    National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of York, Heslington, UK
    Soc Sci Med 54:577-89. 2002
  5. ncbi Health, income and relative deprivation: evidence from the BHPS
    Andrew M Jones
    Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
    J Health Econ 27:308-24. 2008
  6. ncbi The efficiency of health production: re-estimating the WHO panel data using parametric and non-parametric approaches to provide additional information
    Bruce Hollingsworth
    Health Economics Unit, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    Health Econ 12:493-504. 2003
  7. ncbi Using relative distributions to investigate the body mass index in England and Canada
    Paul Contoyannis
    Department of Economics, McMaster University, Canada
    Health Econ 16:929-44. 2007

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Income related inequalities in mental health in Great Britain: analysing the causes of health inequality over time
    John Wildman
    Economics, The Ridley Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
    J Health Econ 22:295-312. 2003
    ..It is found that subjective financial status is a major determinant of ill-health and makes a major contribution to income related inequalities in health. Relative deprivation is an important contributor for women but not for men...
  2. ncbi Modelling health, income and income inequality: the impact of income inequality on health and health inequality
    John Wildman
    Economics, The Ridley Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
    J Health Econ 22:521-38. 2003
    ..This is an important development given current UK government attention to reducing health inequality...
  3. ncbi Blood donation and the nature of altruism
    John Wildman
    Economics, Newcastle University, Ridley Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
    J Health Econ 28:492-503. 2009
    ..Thus individuals apparently do not exhibit pure altruism. We speculate that instead blood donors may be driven by a broad notion of duty rather than by a far-sighted, rational unselfishness...
  4. ncbi Income, income inequality and health: what can we learn from aggregate data?
    Hugh Gravelle
    National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of York, Heslington, UK
    Soc Sci Med 54:577-89. 2002
    ..We also argue there are serious conceptual difficulties in using aggregate cross-sections as a means of testing hypotheses about the effect of income, and its distribution, on the health of individuals...
  5. ncbi Health, income and relative deprivation: evidence from the BHPS
    Andrew M Jones
    Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
    J Health Econ 27:308-24. 2008
    ..The parametric results for relative deprivation largely reject its influence on health, although there is some evidence of an effect in the semiparametric models...
  6. ncbi The efficiency of health production: re-estimating the WHO panel data using parametric and non-parametric approaches to provide additional information
    Bruce Hollingsworth
    Health Economics Unit, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
    Health Econ 12:493-504. 2003
    ..We recommend that the WHO broaden its range of techniques in order to reveal this hidden information...
  7. ncbi Using relative distributions to investigate the body mass index in England and Canada
    Paul Contoyannis
    Department of Economics, McMaster University, Canada
    Health Econ 16:929-44. 2007
    ..Both groups show polarization over time towards both tails of the weight distribution, with the English polarizing towards the upper tail at a faster rate than Canadians...